IBPS Clerk 2018 Notification – Apply Online

It as an autonomous body to conduct the recruitment process once a year for filling the vacancies in participating centralised banking organizations. IBPS responsible towards arrangements for conducting online Preliminary and Mains examination up to providing the provisional allotment to the shortlisted candidates.

IBPS Clerk 2018 Notification – Recruitment

IBPS Clerk 2018 Notification – Common Recruitment Process is one of the most competitive exams conducted to fill the vacancies in centralised banking organizations in India and provides the secure employment opportunity. Lakhs of competitive aspirants applied to this IBPS Clerical recruitment process and qualified to work in clerical cadre in various centralised banking organizations with decent salary scale and promotion opportunities in the banking career.

IBPS Clerk Job Profile, Salary Package, Promotion and Career Growth

Job Profile and DutiesIn any Banking Organization, you can see clerical cadre position has a very important role and having the closer or initial communicated position in different daily routine tasks in banks. The working cabin of clerk called as SWO (Single Window Operator) with numbering. Candidates those are joined as bank clerks, they have to perform multitasks as follows below.

Handling daily transactions of the customer as Deposit and Withdrawals of Money in the bank.

Clearing Payment cheques/ Demand Drafts (D.D)/ Pay Orders (P.O) as an in-charge of receiving and clearing in the banking process by careful authentication and providing ESI Stamps on receipts at counters.

Helps to the customers for opening or closing of the bank account by providing necessary information and documents as proofs required for account management.

Daily checking and recording of the balance of money for day transactions in banks.

Data entry and Maintaining of records of customer information in a sensitive manner by avoiding misuse of customer data.

Helps in providing an explanation to customers about Loan issues and benefits from bank and clearing doubts on bank interest rates on loans.

Issuing Cheque Books and Debit cards to customers.

Financial marketing of banking products and services along with different schemes provided to customers like mutual funds, Insurance, Loan Schemes and Fixed deposits.

The clerk has to involve in banking works like the collection of receipts, ledger maintenance and balance tally after day banking transactions.

The Salary Pay scale range for Clerical cadre started from the basic pay of Rs 11, 765/- per month to Rs 31,540/- per month, along with different emoluments offered to clerical cadre candidate like Special allowance, DA, TA and HRA will be included in emoluments.

Allowances Provided

Places with Population above 4.5 Lakh

Places with Population below 4.5 Lakh

Basic Pay

Rs 11765

Rs 11765

Special Allowance

Rs 911

Rs 911

DA

Rs 5311

Rs 5311

CCA

Rs 0

Rs 0

TA

Rs 425

Rs 425

Total (without HRA)

Rs 18413

Rs 18413

HRA

1176

Rs 1058

Gross Salary

Rs 19589

Rs 19472

IBPS Clerk Salary: Allowances

Special Allowance

The initial Special Allowance is 7.5 % of the Basic Pay. After finishing of 1 year of service, Special Allowance will be increased by Rs 400 to Rs 500.

Dearness Allowance (DA)

This component is 4 % of the Basic Pay. DA depends on the CPI and is revised after every three months.

House Rent Allowance (HRA)

The HRA depends on the location of the job. It will be 8.5 % of the Basic Pay for Metro Cities, 7.5 % of the Basic Pay for cities having a population of more than 5 lakhs, and 6.5 %of the Basic Pay for other cities.

Travel Allowance

Expenses on official journeys and travel bills will be reimbursed by the bank.

Medical Allowance

This is paid once a year

IBPS Clerk Career Growth and Promotion Opportunities
The candidate who joined as clerk starting his career towards promotional opportunities with relevant experience by and appearing in for Promotional Exams like follows below.JAIIB – Junior Associate of the Indian Institute of BankersCAIIB – Certified Association of the Indian Institute of Bankers

IBPS Clerical CRP – Participating Centralised Banking Organizations

There are total 19 Participating Centralised Banking Organizations in India.

Allahabad Bank

Canara Bank

Indian Overseas

Bank UCO Bank

Andhra Bank

Central Bank of India

Oriental Bank of Commerce

Union Bank of India

Bank of Baroda

Corporation Bank

Punjab National Bank

United Bank of India

Bank of India

Dena Bank

Punjab & Sind Bank

Vijaya Bank

Bank of Maharashtra

Indian Bank

Syndicate Bank

IBPS Clerk 2018 Notification – Vacancy Information

The number of vacant positions in clerical cadre in banking organizations not constant and will be changed in every year. Thousands of vacant positions filled every year by this IBPS Clerk CRP. The number of vacancies will be considered from different states in the country. In the present Notification of IBPS clerk CRP – 2018 announced vacancies as 7272 clerical cadre positions are to be filled in the country. You can Check State wise vacancy as follows.

S.No

State

Vacancies

1

Andra Pradesh

167

2

Arunachal Pradesh

10

3

Assam

94

4

Bihar

178

5

Chandigarh

37

6

Chhatisgarh

89

7

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

3

8

Daman & Diu

1

9

Delhi

362

10

Goa

48

11

Gujarat

533

12

Haryana

146

13

Himachal Pradesh

90

14

Jammu & Kashmir

61

15

Jharkhand

110

16

Karnataka

618

17

Kerala

291

18

Lakshadweep

1

19

Madhya Pradesh

325

20

Maharashtra

772

21

Manipur

8

22

Meghalaya

6

23

Mizoram

2

24

Nagaland

4

25

Odisha

191

26

Puducherry

22

27

Punjab

405

28

Rajasthan

268

29

Sikkim

10

30

Tamil Nadu

792

31

Telangana

162

32

Tripura

18

33

Uttar Pradesh

944

34

Uttrakhand

97

35

West Bengal

410

Total

7275

IBPS Clerk 2018 Notification Calendar Schedule

IBPS has released notification to conduct the recruitment process once a year for filling the vacancies in participating centralised banking organizations. Generally, IBPS has released this notification in September month and the entire recruitment process will be completed in 6 months including provisional allotment. IBPS has released notification this year in September 2018 for clerical common recruitment process and given the schedule to complete the entire recruitment process as follows.

Eligibility Criteria For IBPS Clerk 2018 Notification

Nationality / Citizenship:
A candidate must be either –
(i) a Citizen of India or
(ii) a subject of Nepal or
(iii) a subject of Bhutan or
(iv) a Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or
(v) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India, provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) & (v) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

Age LimitMinimum: Age 20 years Maximum Age: 28 years
An applicant who wants to apply for IBPS Clerk CRP, must have been born not earlier than 02.09.1990 and not later than 01.09.1998 (both dates inclusive)

Age Relaxation Criteria
Some of the following categories exceptions for age limt as mentioned above and not applicable for General Category Cadidates, they must have a specific age limit as mentioned above.

SC/ST Candidates 5 years

Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer) 3 years

Persons With Disabilities 10 years

Ex-Servicemen / Disabled Ex-Servicemen actual period of service rendered in the defence forces + 3 years (8 years for Disabled Ex-Servicemen belonging to SC/ST) subject to a maximum agemlimit of 50 years

Widows, divorced women and women legally separated from their husbands who have not
remarried 9 years

Persons ordinarily domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period 01.01.1980 to
31.12.1989 5 years

Persons affected by 1984 riots 5 years

Regular employees of the Union Carbide Factory, Bhopal retrenched from service (Applicable to Madhya Pradesh state only)

Educational Qualifications for IBPS Clerk 2018 Notification

A Degree (Graduation) in any discipline from a University recognised by the Govt. Of India or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government.

Computer Literacy: knowledge of Operating and working in computer systems is mandatory and must have the certificate or studied in their High School/College/Institute Computer or Information Technology as one of the subjects.

Candidates should be proficient in the state’s language from which they are applied, it means the candidate must be proficient in read, write and speaking of the language of post applied state.

Application Procedure for IBPS Clerk 2018 Notification

Requirements for IBPS clerk 2018 Notification Online ApplicationThe applicant who wants to apply for IBPS Clerk CRP must register by enteringing the personal details like

Name as per in matricu;ation,

Father’s Name

Mother’s Name

Gender

Date of Birth

Marital Status

Mobile

Email address.

These details are required to enter in an online application for completion of registration. After successful registration applicant received sms details of user id and password for login to his/her registered mobile, then the applicant has to fill further details of application like education qualification and bank preference by logging in onlne application.

After completion of application form, the applicant has to check once again respective details in application for any correction to avoid mistakes before final submission of application.

Scanned Documents Required to upload in Online Application

Scanned Photograph (4.5cm × 3.5cm)

Scanned Image of signature

Scanned Image ofleft thumb impression

A hand written declaration (“I, _______ (Name of the candidate), hereby declare that all the information submitted by me in the application form is correct, true and valid. I will present the supporting documents as and when required.” ) have to be uploaded in online application as per given dimensions with clarity.

After Successful rechek of application without any mistake, then you can submit application and make Online Payment of the requisite application fee/ intimation charges if applicable for applicant’s category, then only application will be accepted otherwise it will be rejected.
If the payment transaction of application fee is successful, then applicant can take print out copies of e-receipt of payment and filled application form as for reference.

Mode of Payment of Application Fee
The payment can be made by using Debit Cards (RuPay/Visa/MasterCard/Maestro), Credit Cards, Internet Banking, IMPS, Cash Cards/ Mobile Wallets by providing requied information for payent of application fee.

Pre Exam Training for IBPS Clerk 2018 Notification

Pre Exam Training for IBPS Clerk will be arranged by the Nodal Banks/ Participating Organisations to a limited number of candidates, who opt for and wish to avail of Pre-Examination Training in online application and candidates must be belonging to Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribes/ Minority Communities/ Ex-Servicemen/ PersonsWith Disabilities at certain centres.

Selection criteria of candidates for IBPS Clerk 2018 Notification

Candidates will be selected based on the performance in online examination consisting of two phases as preliminary and mains examination in objective type.

(i) Preliminary Online ExamThis exam will be of qualifying in nature. The score of prelims exam won’t be considered for the final selection of candidates.There will be sectional cut off which is required to be cleared in each section and total cut off marks will be there as per category decided by IBPS.

(ii)Mains Online ExamThe score of IBPS Clerk mains will be considered in the final selection. Candidate has to score better marks to shortlist for the selection in the recruitment process.

Miscellaneous – Average, Problems based on Age Concept, Time and Work, Simple Interest and Compound Interest, Mixture and Alligation, Probability, Ratio and Proportion, Profit and Loss, Boats and Streams, Speed Time and Distance and Trains Comcept Problems.

Miscellaneous – Average, Problems based on Age Concept, Time and Work, Simple Interest and Compound Interest, Mixture and Alligation, Probability, Ratio and Proportion, Profit and Loss, Boats and Streams, Speed Time and Distance and Trains Concept Problems.

Quantity related Questions

Data Sufficiency

Reasoning & Computer Aptitude

Reasoning

Direct or Coded Inequality based questions

Puzzles

Sitting Arrangements – Linear/ Circular

Alphanumeric logical number series

Syllogism

Data Sufficiency

Coding and Decoding

Computer AptitudeBasic computer knowledge related questions on Computer Devices, Software and Networking, Terminology and abbreviations will be asked in the exam.

General or Financial Awareness

Daily important event and current affairs related questions will be asked. International and National events, Eminent Persons, Books- Authors, Important Days, Awards and Prizes, Sports, Merging and Acquisition of business, Banking and Financial aspects, RBI guidelines and monetary policies, Govt Schemes.

IBPS Clerk 2017-18 – Prelims Cut off

Cutt off will be different for different sections. Candidate must be clear the cut off in each section according to their category as decided by IBPS. If not candidate will not be qualified for Mains Examination.

Category

Name of the Section

English Language

Reasoning Ability

Quantitative Aptitude

General

9.50

14.50

13.50

OBC/ SC/ ST

6.50

10.00

9.25

Overall cut off score also will be different for the different category in different states. Even though candidate clearing sectional cut-off, he/she also must be clear overall cut-off as per their category, then only the candidate will be qualified.

IBPS Clerk 2017-18 – Mains Cut off

S.No

State/ UT

SC

ST

OBC

UR

1

Andaman & Nicobar

NA

NA

NA

NA

2

Andhra Pradesh

40.27

31.84

48.31

50.78

3

Arunachal Pradesh

NA

41.49

NA

46.43

4

Assam

40.79

36.16

43.43

47.17

5

Bihar

38.86

37.27

50.95

53.43

6

Chandigarh

46.39

NA

47.95

54.07

7

Chattisgarh

39.46

24.49

50.34

50.43

8

Dadar & Nagar Haveli

NA

NA

NA

39.02

9

Daman & Diu

NA

NA

36.91

45.92

10

Delhi

42.58

38.03

47.81

53.82

11

Goa

NA

24.43

44.07

44.70

12

Gujarat

39.95

23.62

44.04

47.53

13

Haryana

39.21

NA

46.81

52.72

14

Himachal Pradesh

43.91

40.74

43.17

52.88

15

Jammu & Kashmir

NA

35.74

42.71

52.31

16

Jharkhand

34.24

31.02

46.21

47.29

17

Karnataka

36.77

31.41

43.67

44.56

18

Kerala

40.68

30.85

50.52

52.32

19

Lakshadweep

NA

NA

NA

NA

20

Madhya Pradesh

36.43

26.63

45.03

48.89

21

Maharashtra

42.91

26.32

43.93

45.95

22

Manipur

45.77

41.74

62.36

44.21

23

Meghalaya

NA

38.31

37.82

39.09

24

Mizoram

NA

NA

NA

40.79

25

Nagaland

NA

39.74

NA

40.45

26

Odisha

37.07

31.32

50.64

51.22

27

Puducherry

41.27

NA

47.47

48.06

28

Punjab

37.88

NA

45.22

53.16

29

Rajasthan

38.28

34.70

48.17

52.93

30

Sikkim

NA

NA

47.21

49.67

31

Tamil Nadu

39.39

35.29

48.27

48.49

32

Telangana

40.18

34.17

48.72

49.97

33

Tripura

45.68

28.50

NA

48.86

34

Uttar Pradesh

37.20

33.53

44.24

51.13

35

Uttarakhand

40.16

38.11

47.11

53.16

36

West Bengal

42.14

35.95

45.06

54.47

IBPS Clerk 2018 Notification – Admit Card or Call Letter

The applicant can download their admit card or call letter from IBPS official website before 15 days of examination. For downloading Admit card, Applicant must be login with their username and Password. The Admit card or call letter having information about online test centre and time of the test. Applicant needs to check carefully their test centre’s address and timing of the test and avoid absence for the test.

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